Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370 (2 in 1)

Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370 (2 in 1)

The Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 370 (2 in 1) offers business professionals a powerful experience in a compact design that is more affordable than Lenovo's powerful X1 Yoga version. Like other premium versions, the Yoga 370 features a keyboard that is among the best in the business laptop lineup, an excellent integrated pen, a durable design, and plenty of ports. Hung Phat will provide you with information about this tech product below.

The sophisticated design of ThinkPad Yoga 370

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 features the typical ThinkPad design with a slight twist: it has silver accents rather than being entirely black like previous versions. The Y370 is made from hybrid carbon fiber-a type of carbon fiber hybrid with a slightly matte surface, though it lacks the soft and luxurious feel of the ThinkPad X1 Yoga chassis. Like other Lenovo laptops, the body of the Yoga 370 is rectangular with a silver ThinkPad logo on the lid and a red status light. Two sturdy hinges allow the screen to fold back and be used as a tablet.

The Lift n ‘Lock keyboard features a raised tray above the keys when using other modes to prevent accidental typing while holding the device. Weighing 1.4 Kg and measuring 12.3 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches, the Yoga 370 is slightly lighter and more compact than the ThinkPad X1 Yoga (1.45Kg, 13.1 x 9.0 x 0.67 inches). However, the HP EliteBook x360 G2 13 inch (1.27Kg, 12.5 x 8.6 x 0.58 inches) is significantly lighter.

Durability and Security

Like other ThinkPad lines, the ThinkPad Yoga 370 is designed to withstand impact damage. It has passed 12 MIL-SPEC durability tests, including shock and vibration, along with Lenovo's own impact tests.

Security experts highly value the security and management features of the ThinkPad Yoga 370, including TPM 2.0 encryption and a fingerprint sensor. This laptop is also equipped with Intel vPro remote management technology.

Sharp Display of the ThinkPad Yoga 370

The 13.3-inch, 1920 x 1080 touchscreen of the ThinkPad Yoga 370 provides sharp images with high brightness and excellent color reproduction. The glossy screen surface reflects when light shines on it, limiting viewing angles when you have a light source above or behind you. Under office fluorescent lighting, images begin to fade at 45 degrees to the left or right.

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 screen can reproduce 111% sRGB (the sRGB color gamut is the standard color gamut for web/HDTV images), which is higher than the average for laptops with similar configurations and price points. The Dell Latitude 5289 scores 71%, the ThinkPad X1 Yoga 109%, and the HP EliteBook x360 G2 109%.

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 has a brightness of approximately 320 nits, which is much brighter than the average (290 nits), the Yoga X1 (274 nits), the Latitude 5289 (280 nits), and the EliteBook x360 G2 (239 nits).

Benefits of Owning the ThinkPad Yoga 370

What benefits will you get with this ultra-smooth tech product?

Incredibly Vivid Sound

The speakers on the Yoga 370 are quite loud, but don't use them for music or even as part of a presentation. When I listened to AC/DC's "Back in Black," the guitar and drums sounded distorted and quite piercing. The sound reproduction capability is mediocre.

Touchscreen and Stylus Experience

The 13.3-inch touchscreen of the ThinkPad Yoga 370 has very good responsiveness and is almost instantaneous with gestures; you can draw with 10 fingers simultaneously without any delay. The Pen Pro, a stylus as small as a pencil and as light as a regular pen, feels quite comfortable to hold. Most notably, it accurately expresses user movements and gestures, such as varying line thickness in the Fresh Paint app depending on how hard you press on the screen.

Keyboard, TrackPoint, and Touchpad

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 keyboard provides one of the best typing experiences we have ever had on a laptop. With an average key travel of 1.7 mm and 70 grams of force required to actuate each key, the keyboard feels extremely responsive.

Like other ThinkPad models, the Yoga 370 features a TrackPoint and a Touchpad. The TrackPoint provides extremely precise navigation without having to lift your hands.

The 3.4 x 2.0 inch buttonless touchpad has quite good sensitivity. The Elan-branded pad responded accurately to most gestures, including three-finger swipes, but sometimes it failed to recognize pinch-to-zoom movements. The surface of the pad is also quite smooth.

Connectivity Ports

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 is equipped with a Thunderbolt 3 port that you can use for data transfer, video-out (like HDMI), or charging. On the right side of the laptop, there is an HDMI port, USB 3.0, a microSD card slot, a Kensington lock slot, a 3.5 mm headphone jack, the power button, and a stylus compartment. On the left side, there is a Thunderbolt 3 port, a mini Ethernet port, a USB 3.0 port, a charging port, and a smart card reader.

Performance of the ThinkPad Yoga 370

The ThinkPad Yoga 370 achieved a rather modest score of 6,588 on Geekbench 4. This figure is significantly lower than competitors like the ThinkPad X1 Yoga (8,514; Core i5-7300U), HP EliteBook x360 G2 (8,873; Core i7-7600U), and Toshiba Portege X20W (8,862; Core i7-7600U).

Battery Life of the ThinkPad Yoga 370

If you are carrying a ThinkPad Yoga 370, make sure to bring your charger. The Yoga 370 lasted 7 hours and 25 minutes in the Laptop Mag Battery Test (continuous web browsing via Wi-Fi). This time is about one hour less than the ultraportable laptop average of 8 hours and 20 minutes, 2.5 hours less than the Latitude 5289 (10h00), and nearly 5 hours less than the ThinkPad X1 Yoga (12h06) and HP EliteBook x360 G2 (9h17′).

From the highly responsive TouchPen to the bright, beautiful screen and excellent keyboard, the ThinkPad Yoga 370 has many advantages for a 2-in-1 laptop. However, this expensive laptop also has short battery life and minor inconveniences, such as a slow SSD and limited viewing angles. At a mid-range price point, the ThinkPad Yoga 370 is still considered a mid-range laptop that delivers high performance.